Combined display rack, oil saver, and waste can receptacle



March 7, i944. H. J. SMITH 2,343,248

COMBINED DISPLAY RACK, OIL SAVER, AND WASTE CAN RECEPTACLE OriginalFiled Sept. 19, 1940 www Patented Mar. 7, 1944 @i TE COMBINED DISPLAYRACK, OIL SAVER, AND WASTE CAN RECEPTACLE Harvey J. Smith, Danville,Va., assignor to W. Ira Barker, Danville, Va.

Original application September 19, 1940, Serial No. 357,475. Divided andthis application April 9, 1943. Serial No. 482.442

2 Claims.

The present invention relates to racks for displaying oil cans atgarages, filling stations, etc., etc. A

It particularly has for its object to provide such a rack with means toreceive used oil cans and drain and save the oil which remains in thecans after they have been used.

The present application is a division of my application filed September19, 1940, Serial 357,- 475, and has for its object to provide specicprotection for the modied embodiment of the generic invention of thatapplication.

In the drawing,

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a. rack embodying the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical cross section on the line 2-2 of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the rack.

Fig. 4 is a detail section on the line 4--4 'of Fig. 2.

In the drawing in which like numbers and letters of referenceindicatelike parts in al1 the figures, l is a base to which is suitablysecured the upwardly inclined front and back walls l, forming aninverted V, and the end walls 6.

.The base I, walls 4 and 6 and the top or cap 23 enclose a chamber whichhouses the oil saver instrumentalities and serves as a receptacle forwaste cans. The walls 4 are preferably provided with ribs or partitions5 and the end walls project beyond the walls 4, to provide a pluralityof vertical grooves in which cans C are stacked for display purposes,all cans in a given stack containing oil of the same rating or Weight asS. A. E. 20, or S. A. E. 30, etc., and at the top of the stacks belowcap 23, is located grooved members 25 into which a strip (not shown)containing the numbers corresponding to the ratings of the oil in thecans of the several stacks, is placed for convenient reference.

vAt the bottom an end wall 6 has an opening l closed by a door 8 throughwhich a waste pan 3, in which waste cans are received, may be insertedand removed. The end wall also has an opening, also closed by a door i0,through which an oil collecting pan 22 may be inserted and removed, ashelf 2l being provided for the pan 22 to rest on. 4

Above the door I0 is another opening 30 through which the used cans areinserted. In line with such opening 30 is an inclined shelf constitutinga rollway or slideway 21 extending inwardly from the end wall which hasthe opening 30 toward the opposite wall for a suilicient distance tohold a plurality of cans at a time side by side. This shelf is inclineddownwardly from one wall' 4 to where it meets a downwardly inclined canend engaging plate or board 2l, there being a cut-back portion 2lprovided between the rollway 21 and plate 28 thus forming an opening foroil drainage.

In the present form of the invention, the cans are inserted through theopening 30 and placed side by side with their drain openings at thelowest point. As a can is pushed to the end of the rollway, itdropsfdown into the waste pan beneath.

As shown in Fig. 4, the several cans lle side by side so that as anothercan is inserted the entire set will be pushed or rolled along therollway 21 so that should a can be inserted with its opening not fullydown the can opening will reach a fully down position somewhere alongthe rollway before it is ejected from the rollway, thus ensuring theemptying of the cans at all times.

In this application I make no claim to the generic invention common tothis and the other embodiment disclosed and claimed in my originalapplication aforesaid.

What I claim is:

1. In apparatus of the character described. a receptacle having front,back and side walls, one of said walls having an opening, an inclinedrollway in alignment with said opening and constructed to receive andretain a plurality of used cans side by side at the same time, and a canend engaging plate, said plate and said rollway having between them anoil discharge opening, the arrangement being such that a tlrst canplaced on the rollway will be discharged therefrom by a. last can placedon the rollway when the rollway is full, the placing of a can on therollway resulting in pushing or rolling the other cans along therollway.

2. In apparatus of the character described, a receptacle having anopeningin its wall, an elongated shelf in the receptacle inclinedsidewise and extending longitudinally from said opening, said shelfhaving a cut-back portion along its lower edge, said shelf being adaptedto receive and hold a pluralty of cans side by side at a time with. oneend of each can overlying said cut-back portion, and a can engagingboard held to restrain the cans against movement down the incline of theshelf, said can engaging board being spaced from said shelf to leave theopenings of the cans exposed and permit escape of oil from the cans, anoil collecting receptacle and a can collecting receptacle held beneathsaid shelf, said shelf extending beyond the end of said oil collectingreceptacle and short of said can collecting receptacle, by virtue ofwhich a tirst can will be pushed oi! the end of the shelf to drop intothe can collecting receptacle as a last can.l is inserted into theapparatus.

HARVEY J. SMITH.

